In The Best Interest of the Child

By Felicia Denise

Ten-year- old Olivia Chandler has a school she loves, good friends, a nice home, a

talented mom, and a successful father she adores. Tragedy rips all of this away from

her, and plunges Olivia into the foster care system, where for eight years she is

neglected, humiliated, abused, and nearly raped.

Fate smiles on Olivia shortly before she ages out of the system, allowing her the means

to attend college and law school.

Years later, Olivia is a successful child advocate attorney, giving a voice to children who

are so easily ignored by those claiming to act in their best interest. She has little time

for personal relationships, and her lifelong fear of abandonment reminds her never to

get too close to anyone.

The successful attorney stumbles though when she’s assigned a case by the court that

too closely mirrors her own haunted childhood. Olivia Chandler never gives her minor clients

less than her all, and the only way she can help her eleven year old client is to face

down and acknowledge her demons. This same case also brings a man into her life

who sees her for who she truly is, and will not allow Olivia to push him away.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Felicia Denise
• Release date: Sep 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370851478

Felicia Denise

A wife, mother, daughter, sister, blogger... and indie author, Felicia loves all things book-related and coffee-related. A southern girl by birth, the fifty-something, voracious reader now resides Arizona (via Michigan and California) with her husband of thirty-four years. Their three adult children also reside in Arizona and Alabama – with their dogs. Felicia frequently reminds them she is the only one of her parents’ nine children who isn’t a grandparent. Writing has been a hobby of Felicia’s since grade school, but other than serving as editor and writing for her high school newspaper, she never publicly shared anything until the early 2000s when she began writing fan fiction. At the urging of a good friend, Felicia took on the challenge of NaNoWriMo in 2015, writing what would become her first published book, In the Best Interest of the Child. It was released in the fall of 2016. In her free time, Felicia sews, creates new recipes, and of course, reads. She’s also an avid history buff and loves exploring museums and libraries. Currently working on several projects, Felicia has several short stories and flash fiction reads on her website, feliciadenise.com, and plans to release book 2 of In the Best Interest of the Child – Family Matters, in spring 2018.